martinhttps://goblinpunch.blogspot.com/2026/02/be-of-good-cheer.html
Good ideas from Arnold as usual!
DomainofmanythingsToday I tackle the big questions of life... Like how to run a Dungeon in #DnD
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How To Run A Dungeon - Fixing The Lost Mine of Phandelver — Domain of Many Things
Here’s the problem, if you grew up in the 90’s or later, and have only ever played 5e - it’s likely that your only detailed point of reference for what a dungeon experience is like comes from video games - maybe something like Zelda (Ocarina of Time - best game ever made. Fight me!) The issue here i
"Those are the first three souls. For most people, they are reincarnated. They are the earthly souls.
The remaining four souls are the heavenly souls."
https://goblinpunch.blogspot.com/2017/05/the-seven-souls-of-shadoom.html
An old post that I love dearly. It embodies my favourite aspect of Arnold's writing: this sense that instead of performing fantasy world-building from a 21st century perspective, he is able to peel back the enlightenment and see through medieval eyes.
Also, cracking ideas!
Goblin Punch's latest post introduces a monster that can make lights become "thin" and "greasy" and eventually die so that the party can be consumed by the darkness.
What I love is that the thing affecting the torches and candles is a disease that lights can catch. This harkens back to his idea of rust being a disease that infects metal.
What other phenomenon from our world could be reimagined as a disease in our RPGs?
https://goblinpunch.blogspot.com/2025/03/the-hungering-dark.html
